Newly sworn-in Labour MP Sagal Abdi-Wali has become the first Somali-born refugee woman elected to UK Parliament.
Abdi-Wali makes history as first Somali-born refugee in UK Parliament Newly sworn-in Labour MP Sagal Abdi-Wali has made history as the first Somali-born refugee woman elected to UK Parliament. She won London’s Holborn and St Pancras seat, vacated by former Prime Minister Keir Starmer, defeating Green Party leader Zack Polanski.
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‘The real deal’: Sagal Abdi-Wali’s journey from child refugee to Labour MP in former PM’s seat
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09.10.2026
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